Lobbyists before the U.S. Supreme Court
Investigating the Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7352256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Perry Mcd Collins (0000-0002-5474-4123, University of Houston, Texas, corresponding author), Paul M Collins |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-70 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912906298535 |
| OpenAlex | W2111491414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 52 |
| References cited | 51 |
Despite the fact that amicus curiae participation is the most common method of interest group activity in the judicial arena, there is little consensus as to whether this means of participation influences the decision making of the U.S. Supreme Court. To redress this state of affairs, this research investigates the affect of amicus briefs on the ideological direction of the Court's decisions, with particular attention given to theoretical and methodological issues that have gone unexplored in previous studies. Analyzing group influence during the 1946 to 1995 terms, the results provide particularly robust evidence that pressure groups are effective in shaping the Court's policy outputs. These findings therefore indicate that elite decision makers can be influenced by persuasive argumentation presented by organized interests
Argumentation theory · Elite · Epistemology · Ideology · Law and economics · Majority opinion · Political science · Politics · Redress · Sociology · State (computer science · State supreme court · Supreme court · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
The Comparative Politics of Immigration
The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court
State Coalitions, Informational Signals, and Success as Amicus Curiae at the U.S. Supreme Court
The Personal Finances of United States Supreme Court Justices and Decision-making in Economic Litigation
Interest Group Participation, Competition, and Conflict in the U.S. Supreme Court
Cite and Sway? Attorneys, Briefs, and Persuasion at the U.S. Supreme Court
Seeking Information
The Role of Emotional Language in Briefs before the US Supreme Court
U.S. immigration policy at the court
Conglomerates at the court
Counterbalancing the disadvantages of the “Have Nots”
Listening to competing speakers
A facework system of minimal politeness
Signals from a politicized bar
The Use of Amicus Briefs
The Revolving Door in Judicial Politics
The Signals of Unlikely Allies
The Role of Gender Norms in Judicial Decision-Making at the U.S. Supreme Court
Judges and Friends
Placing the Ball in Congress’ Court
Intervention unnecessary
Independent Labels? The Power behind Environmental Information about Products and Companies
Representing the States Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Does Seniority Matter? The Conditional Influence of State Methods of Judicial Retention
How low can we go
Assessing the Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs on the Roberts Court
Breaking the bank
Counteractive Lobbying in the U.S. Supreme Court
Friends You Can Trust
A theory of organizational choice
The Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Content
Lobbying Justice(s)? Exploring the Nature of Amici Influence in State Supreme Court Decision Making
Amicus Coalition Heterogeneity and Signaling Credibility in Supreme Court Agenda Setting
Judicial Innovation and Sexual Harassment Doctrine in the U.S. Courts of Appeals
Representation on the Courts? The Effects of Trial Judges’ Sex and Race
Measuring Case Salience in State Courts of Last Resort
Informational Need, Institutional Capacity, and Court Receptivity
Voting Fluidity and Oral Argument on the U.S. Supreme Court
A Built-In Advantage
The Ideologies of Organized Interests and Amicus Curiae Briefs
Attenuated Governance
Studying Organizational Advocacy and Influence
The Solicitor General's Amicus Curiae Strategies in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, Ideology, and the Decision to Cite or Borrow from Amicus Curiae Briefs
Supreme Court Precedent in a Judicial Hierarchy
Humor and Persuasion
Litigant Status and Trial Court Appeal Mobilization
When the potted plants are missing
The Impact of Supreme Court Activity on the Judicial Agenda
Participação Social no STF
Capacidades institucionais dos amici curiae no Supremo Tribunal Federal
Quality Over Quantity
Basic Interests
Caucasians Only
The Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs on the Supreme Court
Computing Interaction Effects and Standard Errors in Logit and Probit Models
Observing Supreme Court Oral Argument
Elements of Judicial Strategy
Litigation as a Form of Pressure Group Activity
Race Relations Litigation in an Age of Complexity
Amici Curiae in the U.S. Courts of Appeals
Taking Time Seriously
Friends of the Court
Ideological Values and the Votes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Revisited
Dynamic Ideal Point Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo for the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953–1999
Reactions of State Supreme Courts to A U.S. Supreme Court Civil Liberties Decision
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Making, Case Salience, and the Attitudinal Model
Organized Interests and Agenda Setting in the U.S. Supreme Court
The Influence of Oral Arguments on the U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justices as Human Decision Makers
Repeat Players in the Supreme Court
Amici Curiae before the Supreme Court
The Insignificance of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing
The Success of Amici in State Supreme Courts
Interest Group Success in the Courts
Amicus Curiae and the Role of Information at the Supreme Court
Understanding Interaction Models
The Supreme Court and Federal Administrative Agencies
Measuring Issue Salience
The Hierarchy of Justice
Signals from the Tenth Justice
Heuristic versus systematic information processing and the use of source versus message cues in persuasion
Friends as Foes
The Influence of Jurisprudential Considerations on Supreme Court Decisionmaking
Why the "Haves" Come Out Ahead
Debunking the Myth of Interest Group Invincibility in the Courts
Supreme Court Impact on Compliance and Outcomes
Interest Representation
Ideology, Status, and The Differential Success of Direct Parties Before the Supreme Court
| Unique citing works | 52 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,74 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 52 |